| The Bank will host a seminar of all London's major economists next Tuesday – the first time it has invited them in en masse in recent memory – in what has been construed as a sign that it fears market participants are starting to lose faith in its efforts to pump cash into the economy. | |
| The giants of the East are positioned to upset U.S. sanctions on Iran by supplying Tehran with gasoline. | |
| World leaders gathering in New York to resolve global problems? Sounds like the UN General Assembly -- well, except when they're all across town with Bill Clinton. | |
| As soon as swine flu vaccinations start next month, some people getting them will drop dead of heart attacks or strokes, some children will have seizures and some pregnant women will miscarry. | |
| In preparation for swine-flu vaccinations next month, the state's Health Department on Thursday temporarily suspended a rule that limits the amount of a mercury preservative in vaccines given to pregnant women and children under the age of 3. | |
| Gulf states should implement a monetary union and single currency in phases, Kuwait’s central bank governor said in comments published on Sunday, casting further doubt on a 2010 target date. | |
| Zelaya supporters said they would ignore the decree issued late Sunday and march in the streets as planned. Some already had arrived in the capital, Tegucigalpa, from outlying provinces. | |
| When the deputy editor of China's Nan Guo Morning Post, Liu Yuan, first heard details of the death of a 15-year-old boy at a camp to cure Internet addiction, he knew he had a powerful story – and a public responsibility. | |
| At the South America-Africa summit on Isla Margarita in Venezuela, the Libyan leader joined the host, President Chavez, in calling for an "anti-imperialist" front across Africa and Latin America. | |
| The Navy demonstrated its commitment to "game-changing" directed energy technological programs at the Naval Directed Energy Center (NDEC) ribbon cutting ceremony held at Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) | |
| Florida Hospital Celebration Health endocrinologist Damon Tanton was paid $12,637.50 to talk to doctors about the diabetes drug Byetta for manufacturer Eli Lilly and Co. | |
| Spanish authorities said Wednesday that they had arrested a Dutch-Argentine airline pilot on charges that decades ago he flew planes used to throw opponents of Argentina’s former military junta into the sea. The pilot, Julio Alberto Poch, was arrested after an Argentine judge traveled to Europe and Bali to interview colleagues of his who said the pilot boasted about participating in the so-called death flights. | |
| Ehud Olmert will become the first former prime minister of Israel to stand trial when he arrives at a Jerusalem court on Friday to answer corruption charges. | |
| October is National Kitchen & Bath Month, and this year, homeowners have a great reason to celebrate. Inspired by the success of the "Cash for Clunkers" program, the U.S. Department of Energy will launch a "Cash for Appliances" program this fall. | |
| Perimeter, which has been an open secret since 1993, came online in 1985, during a peak crisis period in the US-USSR cold war. According to the story, the USSR government believed that then President Ronald Reagan wasn't afraid to start a nuclear war, and the USSR government wanted a means to strike back even if a US nuclear missile attack decapitated the government. | |
| ...or at least that's what Ray Kurzweil thinks. He has spent his life inventing machines that help people, from the blind to dyslexics. Now, he believes we're on the brink of a new age – the 'singularity' – when mind-boggling technology will allow us to email each other toast, run as fast as Usain Bolt (for 15 minutes) – and even live forever. Is there sense to his science – or is the man who reasons that one day he'll bring his dad back from the grave just a mad professor peddling a nightmare vision of the future? | |
| Options under discussion appear to be not only libel suits, but also criminal charges if the police believe these are warranted. | |
| Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hosted some of Africa's longest-serving leaders at a sleek Caribbean resort on Saturday for a summit he says will help end U.S. and European economic dominance. | |
| The FBI has released long-secret security tapes that give new glimpses into the chaos during the minutes after the Oklahoma City bombing. | |
| A Colombian hitman recently disclosed to the Venezuelan government that over 2,500 paramilitary fighters are in the country, each chasing a $25 million bounty on the life of Venezuela President Hugo Chavez, according to Arab news network Al Jazeera. | |
| Venezuela's science and technology minister said his country is working with Russia to detect deposits of uranium but withdrew an earlier denial that the country was also working with Iran. | |
| The pair was launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket on Friday morning as part of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System demonstration for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. | |
| As everyone knows, the big banks have gotten bigger and bigger. Noted economist Mark Zandi says we have an oligopoly of banks, and that "the oligopoly has tightened". | |
| A Republican congressman who recently had an unpleasant run-in with the Transportation Security Administration in a Utah airport is denying allegations that he acted out over being ushered into a line for a full body scanning machine. | |
| U.S. regulators said total losses from large loans at banks and other financial institutions nearly tripled to $53 billion in 2009, due to a deteriorating economic environment and continued weak underwriting standards. | |
| Drinking juice laced with uranium is just one of many clinical trials allegedly conducted at an Israeli nuclear plant. | |
| Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has assured Iran that it will not be left out at any decisions to be made on the status of the Caspian Sea. | |
| Central Florida gentleman's club offers free flu shots | |
| Senior US military officials blame Islamabad's military intelligence, ISI, for providing sanctuaries in Pakistan for the pro-Taliban insurgents who attack foreign troops in Afghanistan. | |
| Its vivid colour is clearly designed to appeal to youngsters. But this watch is really aimed at their parents. | |
| Cooker that ‘grows’ meat in your kitchen beats teleporting fridge and two-second clothes cleaner to win design prize | |
Monday, September 28, 2009
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